Speichellecker — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bootlicker noun A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady.
- flunkey noun An underling; a liveried servant or a footman; servant, retainer – a person working in the service of another (especially in the household).
- sycophant noun Someone who flatters a powerful person constantly in order to gain favour from them.
Senses
Speichellecker is used for these senses in English:
- bootlicker (derogatory) A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady.
- brownnose (figurative) One who sucks up; a bootlicker, ass-kisser, sycophant.
- flunkey An unpleasant, snobby or cringeworthy person.
- lickspittle A fawning toady; a base sycophant.
- sycophant One who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favour or advantage from another; a servile flatterer.
bootlicker — full definition
- noun A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady.
- noun Anyone who is seen as supporting authoritarianism.
flunkey — full definition
- noun An underling; a liveried servant or a footman; servant, retainer – a person working in the service of another (especially in the household).
- noun An unpleasant, snobby or cringeworthy person.